Cantennas were always a cheap and nasty kludge. Their performance is poor compared with yagi's, dishes, etc. Plus the name is doubly ironic. To an RF person,

Cantennas were always a cheap and nasty kludge. Their performance is poor compared with yagi's, dishes, etc. Plus the name is doubly ironic. To an RF person, a Cantenna is a homemade dummy load which is specifically intended to not radiate.